Crime & Justice

Smash-and-Grab Gang Targets Luxury L.A. Boutique

ANOTHER ONE!

Meanwhile, eight thieves swarmed a Home Depot and stole tools that police said could be used to commit similar crimes.

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A smash-and-grab gang wielding pepper spray swarmed a Bottega Veneta store in Los Angeles on Friday, stealing an unknown quality of merchandise, CBS Los Angeles reported. The brazen theft followed group pillaging of three Nordstrom outlets in the last several days. Meanwhile, the L.A. Sheriff’s Department says eight men rushed into a Home Depot in Lakewood and fled with tools including hammers and crowbars that police fear could be used in other crimes.

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